David Hoese wrote: > I was about to submit a bug report, but while testing I have figured out > that my specific problem has been solved in Python 2.7 (server that I > was using had 2.6 on it). You can see the differences here: >> 2.6: http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/b9a95ce2692c/Lib/shutil.py > 2.7: http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/d30482d51c25/Lib/shutil.py >> You'll notice that in move(), there is now a check for the same file, > which if they're not the same file you don't get unexpected deleted > files. If you still think I should submit a bug report let me know and > provide me with the test case...or just submit the bug yourself. Aren't there still problems that can be avoided with the change you propose? I think the bug report is worthwhile.